Question 1 (25 marks) Analytical questions

Visit any retail website or go to Milyds, Foschini, Edgars, Woolworths, etc. or any other apparel merchandising techniques employed. Be sure to reference the concepts you have learned in your chapters. If a manager begins to question you because of your suspicious note taking, just explain that you are a student at NUST anf if they have questions, first show them your student card or they should contact me.

Describe your answers to the following questions:

How is the store layout, design and visual merchandising techniques used to attract customers? Make recommendations of your findings on the store appearance. (10 marks)
Discuss the recent developments in retailing in Namibia. What are the major challenges facing organised retailers in Namibia? (10 marks)
Does the lighting highlight merchandise, structure space, capture a model, or downplay unwanted features? Comment on consistent fixture of the overall ambiance of the store? (5 marks

Which organization was established to train the hard-core unemployed? - better business bureau- equal employment opportunity commission- environmental protection agency- affirmative action committee- national alliance of business

Drag the tiles to the correct boxes to complete the pairs.(there's not just one answer)match each online banking security practice with the pci security requirement that mandates it.1. encrypting transfer of card data2. installing a firewall3. installing antivirus software4. assigning unique ids and user namesa. vulnerability management programb. credit card data protectionc. strong access controlsd. secure network

Selected t-account balances for bloomfield company are shown below as of january 31, which reflect its accounting adjustments. the firm uses a calendar-year accounting period, but prepares monthly accounting adjustments.suppliesjan. 31 bal. 1,800 1,800 jan. 31 bal.supplies expensejan. 31 bal. 1,920 1,148 jan. 31 bal.prepaid insurancejan. 31 bal. 1,148 1,148 jan. 31 bal.insurance expensejan. 31 bal. 164 164 jan. 31 bal.wages payablejan. 31 bal. 1,400 1,400 jan. 31 bal.wages expensejan. 31 bal. 6,400 6,400 jan. 31 bal.truckjan. 31 bal. 17,376 17,376 jan. 31 bal.accumulated depreciation -truckjan. 31 bal. 5,068 5,068 jan. 31 bal.a. if the amount in supplies expense represents the january 31 adjustment for the supplies used in january, and $1,240 worth of supplies were purchased during january, what was the january 1 beginning balance of supplies? $answerb. the amount in the insurance expense account represents the adjustment made at january 31 for january insurance expense. if the original insurance premium was for one year, what was the amount of the premium, and on what date did the insurance policy start? amount of the premium $answerthe policy began on answerjune 1july 1august 1september 1october 1november 1 of the previous year.c. if we assume that no beginning balance existed in either in either wage payable or wage expense on january 1, how much cash was paid as wages during january? $answerd. if the truck has a useful life of four years (or 48 months), what is the monthly amount of depreciation expense, and how many months has bloomfield owned the truck? answermonths